As Genji and Karatachi Yagura's conversation came to an end, that name shrouded in countless legends once again echoed through the minds of every Kirigakure higher-up present.
Mizuki Ember. This name had long since become a taboo in Kirigakure!
Before Karatachi Yagura broke free from Obito's control, far too many people had compared the two of them.
Some had even dug up matters from the Third Ninja World War, claiming that if Karatachi Yagura had not taken advantage of Mizuki Ember fighting elsewhere to win the support of many Kirigakure higher-ups—
Then after Mizuki Ember returned, Karatachi Yagura might not necessarily have been able to smoothly ascend to the position of Fourth Mizukage.
After all, Mizuki Ember had been the face of Kirigakure back then!
Many people might have forgotten that Mizuki Ember had been known as Kirigakure's hero during that period!
He had never lost a single battle he participated in, and his mission completion rate had reached an astonishing one hundred percent!
Even two hundred percent would not have been an exaggeration.
The situation across the Ninja World had once been changed by Mizuki Ember.
As the Ninja World's number one village at the time, Konoha being blockaded at its own gates by Mizuki Ember remained a widely told tale to this day.
To be honest, during the period shortly after the Third Mizukage died in battle, Mizuki Ember's prestige in Kirigakure had truly been unmatched.
If he had returned to Kirigakure at once, he might really have had a chance to contend for the position of Fourth Mizukage!
Even Karatachi Yagura himself likely would not deny that.
Otherwise, he would not have taken the position so quickly after the Third Mizukage's death.
What Karatachi Yagura had feared at the time was precisely the variable that was Mizuki